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<DIV dir=ltr id=idSignature59172><FONT size=2>Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay $17m and banned from<BR>World Bank tenders for at least three years for paying officials to<BR>win an education deal in South Sudan.<BR><BR>The company admitted that a representative of Macmillan Education made<BR>"improper and unauthorised payments" to local officials in its<BR>unsuccessful bid to win a multimillion-pound contract to print English<BR>language teaching and school curriculum materials. The tender was part<BR>of a $45.9m project to develop the school curriculum, train thousands<BR>of teachers, build 100 schools and refurbish a further 50.<BR><BR>Full story: <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jul/25/macmillan-education-deal-south-sudan">http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jul/25/macmillan-education-deal-south-sudan</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>